Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood wrongly conspired with prominent trial attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs to skirt a court order in a case involving Hurricane Katrina insurance claims, a federal judge ruled. Referring to Hood as a “so-called law enforcement officer,” …
A federal judge dismissed a criminal contempt charge against Mississippi attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs last week, giving the prominent lawyer one less case to worry about as he fights a more serious bribery indictment. U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson ruled …
Attorneys for Mississippi attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs asked a federal judge to dismiss criminal contempt charges that he ignored a court order to turn over documents about insurance claims after Hurricane Katrina. Scruggs is accused of violating a federal judge’s …
A judge weighed possible contempt penalties this week for two Mississippi sisters and a prominent lawyer over thousands of pages of State Farm Insurance Co. documents that were secretly copied as possible evidence in lawsuits stemming from homeowner claims after …
State court jurors sided with drug manufacturer Merck & Co. on Friday and rejected the claims of an Alabama man who blamed the painkiller Vioxx for a heart attack in 2001. Attorneys for Gary Albright, 57, had told jurors he …
Fires damaged four more rural Alabama Baptist churches recently following a rash of suspected arsons that burned five others south of Birmingham last week, a state official said Feb. 7. The four new fires were near the Mississippi line, about …
